{
  "id": 7301626,
  "title": "Man who drove around S’pore with ‘blaster device’ to transmit over 10.5k phishing messages gets jail",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/man-who-drove-around-spore-with-blaster-device-to-transmit-over-10-5k",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-14T10:31:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times",
    "slug": "straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-who-drove-around-spore-with-blaster-device-to-transmit-over-10-5k-phishing-messages-gets-jail"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In October and November 2025, a Malaysian man named Ong Kak Seng, 28, was sentenced to a year and nine months in jail and fined $1,500 for driving around Singapore with a \"blaster device\" that transmitted over 10,500 phishing messages. The device was capable of reaching more than 31,000 mobile phones within its coverage area, causing one person to lose over $1,800 after transferring cash to a third party's bank account. Ong pleaded guilty to a cheating charge and must pay the fine or face an additional week in jail. He owed around RM80,000 to unlicensed moneylenders in Malaysia and was offered a job by a man known as \"Bai Ge\" to earn RM1,000 a day. Ong was instructed to drive around densely populated areas in Singapore for up to 12 hours daily while carrying the blaster device in his car.",
  "summary": "Over 10,500 phishing messages were transmitted to mobile devices between October and November 2025.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Man drove around Singapore with 'SMS blaster' that sent more than 10,000 phishing messages, gets jail",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/man-drove-around-singapore-with-sms-blaster-that-sent-more-than-10",
        "published": "2026-09-14T10:49:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}